THE BLUE BANNER/December 4, 1986/9
Group stresses alternative gift-giving for season
By Ken Hardy.
Staff Writer
The Christmas shopping rush is on
and will continue until that special
day arrives. People are often con
fused about what to buy ftiends and
relatives biit 'after a visit to UNCA’s
Ramsey Library, some of the con
fusion may disappear.
. Some of the library staff set up a
display to demonstrate alternative
gift giving., A Christmas . tree, pam
phlets and recipes are included in
the display.
The alternative gift giving theme
stems from the Hunger Awareness
Group, whose local chapter is lo
cated at Grace Covenant Presbyter
ian Church.
The Hunger Awareness Group
sponsored an Alternative Christmas
Celebration on Nov. 8 at the First
Baptist Church in Asheville. The
idea for the library to participate in
the Alternative Giving Celebration
came from Virginia Stevens, comp
uter systems coordinator at UNCA.
"Her idea is to bring a different
spirit to Christmas, where there is
sharing and caring instead of bu)dng
and rushing," said Betsy Murray,
circulation supervisor.
"We wanted the tree to be some
thing to grow out of a community
activity we want to support," said
Murray.
The decorations on the Christmas
tree are made of recycled, library
cards. They were made by children
and placed on the tree as they
passed by the display set up by the
library staff at the Alternative
Christmas Celebration.
Library staff participating in the
celebration were Mary Brown,
Annette Crisp, and Betsy Murray.
The Hunger Awareness Group
meets on the first Monday of each
month at 7 p.m. at the Grace Cove
nant Presbyterian Church in Ashe
ville. The group is open ta individ
uals and churches concerned about
hunger here and abroad.
Hunger Awareness is responsible
for the aimual CROP Walk for Hun
ger in October. They support de
velopment of community gardens and
promote support of local direct aid
efforts such as Meals-On-Wheels and
international efforts such as
CROP/Church World Service, South
ern Baptist Foreign Mission Board,
Catholic Relief Services, Oxfam
America and Heifer Project Inter
national.
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Staff photo-Michele Samuel
A one-act pi ay
Tracy Ross (Mable) and Pamela Whiteside (Henrietta) performed
in the one-act play,"Suppressed Desires," Tuesday. The next For
um production is "The Tiger," today at 3>30 p.m. in the theatre..
Christmas
Ghee r
UNCA student Carla
Betz replaces an
omament on the
library’s Christmas
tree. Some school
children helped
decorate the tree.
Staff photo-Jonna McGrath
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Director: John Huston
Cast; Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobri^ida.
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Sunday, December 7 at 7 p.m.
Monday, December 8 at 4 p.m.
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